Located at Pier 7 on historic Honolulu Harbor and owned by Bishop Museum, the Hawaii Maritime Center celebrates Hawaii’s rich maritime history through exhibits, displays, and rare maritime artifacts. As an institution of Bishop Museum, the Hawaii Maritime Center offers visitors a look back at Hawaii’s extensive maritime history – from its discovery by Polynesian navigators 1500 years ago, to contact with the western culture, to the effects of whaling.
Exhibits
The Canoe: And Alaskan and Polynesian Tradition – This exhibit, produced in cooperation with the Alaskan Native Heritage Center, presents a comparison and contrast of Hawaiian and Alaskan canoe voyaging traditions. Among the featured items are Alaskan and Hawaiian Canoe-building materials including adze, lashing materials, dye, seal skin, bearded seal thong, birch and cedar bark, kapa, coconut husk cordage, and basalt rock.
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